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Dozens of heads of state along with the UN Secretary-General, Government Ministers, leaders of UN agencies and civil society and other dignitaries are gathering in New York for the 68th Session of the United Nation’s General Assembly. The annual event – a series of meetings starting on 24...

Dao* writhes in pain as his worried family waits for doctors in an overcrowded hospital in Vientiane, the capital of Lao PDR. Dao is suffering from dengue, a tropical disease which is spread by the bite of the Aedes aegypti mosquito.
Dao is one of nearly 50,000 people in Lao PDR who have been infected...

The United Nations Resident Coordinator for the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), Ghulam Isaczai, has warned that humanitarian gains made over the past decade could be eroded without urgent funding support.
“Without sustained humanitarian support, the gains made in the past 10...

Heavy monsoon rains, exacerbated by a series of tropical storms triggered major flooding across the island of Luzon in the northern Philippines, claiming 16 lives and forcing the evacuation of more than 380,000 people.
On 19 August, some 60 per cent of the Metro Manila region was under water as the...

The United Nations and its humanitarian partners have joined with global celebrities like Beyoncé and leading brands such as Gucci, Barclays Bank, Western Union and Intel to launch a campaign that seeks to turn people’s words into real support for communities affected by humanitarian crises...